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Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -0700100-INDEX
2 - this file.
Michael Ellermana55ce6d2009-04-13 14:40:09 -07003active_mm.txt
4 - An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -07005balance
6 - various information on memory balancing.
Henrik Austad6c7842e2013-09-11 14:43:20 +02007cleancache.txt
8 - Intro to cleancache and page-granularity victim cache.
9frontswap.txt
10 - Outline frontswap, part of the transcendent memory frontend.
11highmem.txt
12 - Outline of highmem and common issues.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070013hugetlbpage.txt
14 - a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080015hwpoison.txt
16 - explains what hwpoison is
Hugh Dickins7701c9c2009-09-21 17:02:24 -070017ksm.txt
18 - how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070019locking
20 - info on how locking and synchronization is done in the Linux vm code.
21numa
22 - information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
23numa_memory_policy.txt
24 - documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support.
25overcommit-accounting
26 - description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
27page_migration
28 - description of page migration in NUMA systems.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080029pagemap.txt
30 - pagemap, from the userspace perspective
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070031slub.txt
32 - a short users guide for SLUB.
Henrik Austad6c7842e2013-09-11 14:43:20 +020033soft-dirty.txt
34 - short explanation for soft-dirty PTEs
35transhuge.txt
36 - Transparent Hugepage Support, alternative way of using hugepages.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080037unevictable-lru.txt
38 - Unevictable LRU infrastructure
Henrik Austad6c7842e2013-09-11 14:43:20 +020039zswap.txt
40 - Intro to compressed cache for swap pages